Workday Rising – why a rapid re-skilling program is needed to protect entry-level jobs at risk from AI
There are two main and contradictory schools of thought on the impact of AI on the jobs market. The positive spin is that the technology will be an indispensable companion to workers, giving tips, providing crucial information, and doing all those boring repetitive tasks so humans can focus on the value-add. The other less rosy version is that AI will lead to countless job cuts as it takes over so many of the work tasks humans currently do.
At Workday Rising, the company’s leadership team gave its thoughts on the situation, acknowledging the risk to entry-level jobs while outlining the urgent need for reskilling.
Aneel Bhusri, Workday Co-Founder and CEO, admitted to having concerns about the prospects for college graduates to find work, as a result of companies looking at the benefits of AI and slowing down their hires:
I think that's going to be impacted and that is not...
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